Ice-cream freezer.



No. 690,532. Patented 1an. 7, |902.

J. A. sumo.

ICE CREAM FEEzEn.

(Applicatonled Apr. 24, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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.i Aras UNrrnn JOIIN A. SNIGO, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-CREAM FREEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,532, dated January7, 1902.

Appucaiinuneanprnzt,1901. serian. 57,209. (No modem 1o all whom it mayconcern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN A. SNIGO, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIce-Cream Freezers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompa-l nying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inice-cream freezers, and relates particularly to fastening devices forholding the can within the receptacle to prevent movement of said canduring the operating of the stirrer which agitates the cream within thecan during the freezing process.

Briefly described, my invention consists in providing means forengagement with the can near the upper end thereof and separate meansfor engagement with the can at the lower end thereof for holding saidcan rigid within the receptacle that contains the freezing agent, andthe specific means whichI employ will be hereinafter more specificallydescribed, and then particularly pointed out in the claim, and indescribing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein likenumerals of reference will be employed for designating like partsthroughout the different views, in which- Figure l is a central verticalsectional view of a freezer with my improved fastening means in positionfor securely holding the can. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of a part of thecream-can and one of Jthe fastening-clips for holding the same at thelower end or bottom thereof.

To put my invention into practice, I provide the can l, which containsthe cream to be frozen, with a series of apertured lugs 2, arrangedperipherally on said can near the upper end thereof. These lugs areadapted to receive hooks 3, pivoted to the inner face of the tub orother receptacle 4 for the freezing agent, as many of these hooks beingprovided as there are lugs 0r eyes provided on the can.

To the bottom of the can l I secure a bar 5, the ends thereof extendingoutwardly be yond the can at opposite sides thereof, and rigidly securedto the bottom of the tub or other receptacle for the freezing agent is apair of cleats 6, somewhat Z-shaped in form, so that the same may besecured at one end to the bottom of the tub and have the other endelevated, so that the ends of the bar 5 may engage under the same, theelevated ends of these lugs extending in opposite directions to eachother.

In placing the can l within the tub or other receptacle the same is soset that the ends of the bar 5 will be out of engagement with the lugsor cleats 6, and they can then be rotated partially, so as to engage theendsof the bar under the cleats,as shown in Fig. 2. The hooks 3 are thenengaged in the eyes or lugs 2, thereby securely bracing the can l withinthe receptacle and preventing any lateral or other movement of the sameirrespective of the tub or receptacle.

It will be observed that in the practice of the invention variouschanges could be made in the details of construction without de partingfrom the general spirit of the in vention.-

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In an ice-cream freezer, a tub having angled cleats secured to the upperface of the bottom of the tub adjacent to its inner Wall and disposed inopposite directions, a can 1ocated within the tub, a bar secured to thebottom of said can, and on which bar the can is supported, with a slightspace intervening between the bottom of the can and the bottom of thetub, the ends of said bar adapted to wedge under the free ends of saidcleats, and means for holding the can-supporting bar stationary, as setforth.

In' testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN A. SNIGO.

AWitnesses:

JOHN GROETZINGER, JAMES L. JONES.

